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<h2><b>set button</b></h2>
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Sets up the color characteristics of a button widget. The syntax is:

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<code>set button <i>&lt;button_ON_colors&gt; &lt;button_OFF_colors&gt; thickness</i></code>

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where <code><i>&lt;button_ON_colors&gt;</i></code> and
<code><i>&lt;button_OFF_colors&gt;</i></code> each contain four 
color numbers:

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<code>text&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>color of the button text <br>
<code>face&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>color of the button face<br>
<code>bcol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>bright color of the shadow outline for 3-D look<br>
<code>dcol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code>dark color of the shadow outline for 3-D look<br>
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and <code><i>thickness</i></code> is the thickness of the shadow outline<br>
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<h3>Usage Notes</h3>
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<li><code>set button</code> generally precedes the <a
href="gradcomddrawbutton.html"><code>draw button</code></a> command.
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<li>See the section of the User's Guide on <a
href="script.html#widgets">widgets</a> for more information on using
buttons.
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<h3>Example</h3>

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'set rgb 90 100 100 100'
'set rgb 91  50  50  50'
'set rgb 92 200 200 200'
'set button 1 90 91 92 2 90 92 91 6'
'draw button 1 1.5 8.0 2 0.5 Button #1'
'draw button 2 4.0 8.0 2 0.5 Button #2'
'draw button 3 6.5 8.0 2 0.5 Button #3'
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